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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning enable humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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